The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-21

lieyed that the earth was about to
overwhelm them, and the terror which
ensued is easier imagined than de.
scribed. Before they could fly, how
ever, the shock was over and things
had resumed their former appearance.
Alvarez fixes the mortality at thirty
eight, exclusive of those vino must
have been caught and buried in the
ruins, and it is curious circumstance
that some days later several women
died of symptoms identical with
those of seasickness. He stated also
that at Bacarac changes in the form.
alton Of the country were reported
to have taken place to the south, and
that all through the intervening terri.
tory old springs had dried up, new
ones appeared and geysers spurted
forth. Without exception the water
was boiling hot. He assured US that
the geyser we encountered was Of
more recent origin than the Others
and had only been spouting from
eight to ten days. Its appearance
was heralded by crash that was dis.
tinctly audible at Bavispe, and it was
some days before the inhabitants
ventured out to ascertain the cause
of the new disturbance. He and his
partner had located some promising
claims, showing gold in decomposed
quartz. in the vicinity and were not
disposd to abandon them unless actu-
ally driven away. Schultz was at the
lower town laying in supplies.
SOME EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
We we're not supplied with the
proper instruments for measuring the
exact altitude, but at rough guess
l would estimate it to be between
sixty.fve hundred and seven thou
sand feet. A reference to the map
will show that the range in which the
volcano is located is located is not
continuous. Fifty or sixty miles
south it dwindles into succession Of
foothills, and finally disappears in
one of those vast and rolling plains
that we crossed in our journey from
the State OF chihuahua. 1t is not,
properly speaking, part of the con-
tinental divide, and neither is it one
of those ribs thrown off from the
great backbone which cuts the coun.
try toward the north. 1t is rather a
distinct and separate mountainous
formation. The true range lies two
hundred miles east and traverses
chihuahua toward the Isthmus. Vol
canic In its origin, history Is simply
repeating itself. Here seems to have
been the centre of the recent seismic
disturbance, the effects of which were
distinctly felt at FL Paso and as far
west as San Diego and north to the
upper confines Of California. l think
it will be found that the violence OF
the shock decreased in mathematical
ratio according to the distance from
Bavispe. At the Briton Davis ranch,
where We stayed several days on our
return, the shock was extremely VIC
lent and its effects are distinctly visi.
bic over the adjacent cattle range.
It is as i'll wind that blows nobody
good, and the same maxim applies to
earthquakes, for, while heretofore
water has been extremely scarce and
the scanty supply very precarious. a
large new spring has been opened
about half mile from the hacienda
and furnishes an abundance of water
for all the cattle. Unlike those in
the Immediate neighborhood of the
volcano the water is cool and refresh.
ing. It pours in an immense volume
from short issure which appeared
the morning following the shock. A
basin of large dimensions has been
excavated below the spring and forms
a pretty miniature lake, while the
irrigation from the overflow has
made its effects visible by luxuriant
grass OF its edges. Lieutenant Da-
Wis has no objection to few more
earthquakes of the same style.
YAoUI RIVER LOST.
| should not omit mentioning that
between the ranch and Bavispe We
crossed the Yaqui River, whose
course almost defines the boundary
between chihuahua and Sonora. It
is sluggish stream, about two hun
dred fee. broad and navigable for a
shingle of light draught. 1t finds its
origin in the mountains to the north
and empties into the Gulf of Cali
fornia at the lower part of the State
of Sonora: There is reliable inform
alton of a temporary disappearance
of this river near the coal fields in
Onaga. 1t does not sink into beds
of orickeand ae is frenuantlv tho